"Let him mature the strength of his imagination among the things of this earth," Joseph Conrad

04/08/2007

Amsterdam

I went to Amsterdam to witness Newcastle United's abject failure to progress in the Uefa Cup. They were knocked out by Alkmar, which is 20 odd miles away. I took my camera but after the first day was far too hungover to take many photos. I went to the Van Gogh museum which was great. He was obviously mad as a hatter but it was amazing to see such a big collection of his paintings. When I was in Paris, the Van Goghs at the Musee d'Orsay were easily the best thing I saw there, art wise.